ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Sedimentation with the Omeliansky Formula
as an Accepted Technique for Quantifying
Airborne Fungi
Abdel Hameed Awad, Hanan Abdel Mawla
Air Pollution Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
Department of Environmental and Health Research,
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research,
Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Department of Environmental and Health Research,
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Umrah Research,
Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2012;21(6):1539–1541
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ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study was to determine the reliability of sedimentation using the “Omeliansky
formula” as an accepted method for quantifying airborne fungi, by comparing concentrations collected using
sedimentation, impingement, and filtration methods. Significant correlation coefficients (P ≤ 0.01) and nonsignificant
differences (P ≥ 0.01) were found between fungal concentrations using the three sampling methods.
Sedimentation had a stronger correlation with filtration in comparison with the impingement method.
Sedimentation may be accepted as a method for quantifying airborne fungi.
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